Elon Musk
- Elon Musk-related entities are taking over Bastrop, Texas. (fortune.com)
- John Paul Brammer, “Musks’ charmless ooze has seeped into every facet of the product [X], and the whole thing feels slimy now. Seeing a glut of porn bots and crypto peddlers in my notifications feels slimy.” (holapapi.substack.com)
GLP-1
- GLP-1 drugs were derived from Glia monster venom. What more can we learn from venom? (nytimes.com)
- Junk food makers are taking note of changing tastes due to GLP-1 use. (nytimes.com)
Highways
- How good are U.S. roads? It depends… (construction-physics.com)
- A history of undersea cables, the world’s data highway. (nautil.us)
Society
- The meritocracy has failed. What should come next? (theatlantic.com)
- If we have another pandemic, we are screwed. How the public turned against the public health establishment. (wsj.com)
- Humans are choosing to have fewer children, when technology is allowing for more. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Like it or not, our dominant communication style has shifted. (honest-broker.com)
Longreads
- How is Canada’s new ban on smartphones in school going? (macleans.ca)
- Once you start digging into the data behind academic research things can quickly get murky. (theatlantic.com)
- The death of Bell Labs and the corporate research hub. (construction-physics.com)
- Not everyone is in favor of dam removal. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Can India really have a single national language? (newyorker.com)
- Why Nicole Kidman’s career renaissance is noteworthy. (statsignificant.com)
- What’s our continued fascination with Bigfoot? (on.ft.com)
- A history of olive oil. (aeon.co)
